Thursday, 20 August 2015

Most of my readers it seems are in Russia , guess they just look at the art work, but every month people are dropping in from all round the world. I so wish I knew who you were. Please, sometimes, leave a message, or email me personally @ megrobinson@yahoo.com.

I'm here for a month (hopefully a bit longer) in the 15th century monastery in the village of Belalcazar near Cordoba, Spain. Part of the monastery, now a convent, has been converted into an international arts centre.

Have a look at the art's center/ convent's website : http://www.lafragua.es . You'll get an idea of what happening here. It's exciting, stimulating, nurturing, humbling, and awe inspiring.

I'm staying in the convent making a part silent retreat, working on new blub books, and the other part I'm making a new series of paintings on the theme of the Spanish Golden Age called La Convivencia. It was a fascinating period during which Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived in harmony together, for many generations.

About Me.

Hi, I’m Meg Robinson an Irish/Dutch artist writer with Scottish connections. I’ve lived in sunny Andalucía, Spain for 22 years. Recently a DNA test informed me I’m half Jewish Lithuanian. That was a surprise. Having been adopted I had no idea where my father came from. Mystery half solved !
I’ve travelled extensively in South America. Now 3 years in remission from a no hope cancer prognosis , I’m loving life more than ever. I look for the scared and the awesome in the everyday, and delight in sharing these stories in my writing and drawings.
I’ve always travelled off the beaten track alone, because that’s where I meet (extra)ordinary people and things happen! This summer I’m making a pilgrimage to visit the land of my Lithuanian ancestors.